Mark Hedges wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Fred Moyer wrote:
I've been getting cpan-testers results like this. What
should I do? Thanks... --m--
See sub test in:
http://search.cpan.org/src/PHRED/Apache-Dispatch-0.10/Makefile.PL
Wouldn't that Makefile.PL die if mod_perl is not installed,
instead of requiring all libs and then running the tests
with them when they are followed by the CPAN user?
Don't I want it to prompt CPAN to follow dependencies? But
if I override &test in this way, how then do I run the tests
that need to be run once `make` has begun?
Aha, if I use ModPerl::MM then directives will work, nice.
Thanks!
not all things wanting to use Apache::Test have access to (or want)
mod_perl - Apache-Test is its own distribution on CPAN, so you might not
have ModPerl::MM
In short, you override the test target in the Makefile.
I can't take credit for that code as I stole most of it
from Geoff's modules :)
Weird with the package namespace and MY:: and whatnot.
welcome to ExtUtils::MakeMaker
But
maybe it should just die if it can't require ModPerl::MM. If
you haven't installed mod_perl and you can't figure out what
to do next, maybe you shouldn't install this module.
if mod_perl is a requirement, yes.
I'm trying to abstract a bunch of this dirty work out in
Apache::Bootstrap, but that is primarily geared at dual
life mp1/mp2 modules, so I don't know how this conditional
test code will fit in.
Sounds like a headache! Yeah I have decided I am too lazy to
live in the past while simultaneously trying to keep up.
:-)
this is a Makefile.PL for an Apache-Test-based test suite where mod_perl
is not required.
http://search.cpan.org/src/GEOFF/WebService-CaptchasDotNet-0.06/Makefile.PL
HTH
--Geoff
